- 16561 Rawls
Infobox Planet
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apsis =
name = Rawls
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =Spacewatch
discovery_site =Kitt Peak
discovered =November 3 ,1991
designations = yes
mp_name = 16561
alt_names = 1991 VP7
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orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.0714458
perihelion = 2.7966046
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eccentricity = 0.0468369
period = 1835.6682268
avg_speed =
inclination = 14.20812
asc_node = 212.67923
mean_anomaly = 172.60650
arg_peri = 114.58370
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abs_magnitude = 13.716561 Rawls (1991 VP7) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onNovember 3 ,1991 bySpacewatch atKitt Peak . It is named after thephilosopher John Rawls .External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=16561+Rawls JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 16561 Rawls]
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